Stephen Koepfer

Stephen is a martial artist, SAG-AFTRA Stunt Performer and filmmaker with black belts in Tae Kwon Do, Judo, a Master of Sport of Russia in Combat Sambo and a Purple Belt in BJJ. Stephen is also a Kendo practitioner. He has competition experience in various combat sports. As head coach of NY Combat Sambo, which he founded in 2003, Stephen has coached his team to multiple national and international combat sport victories. He was a team coach for the 2008 US World Sambo Team and head coach for the 2015 - 2018 US Combat Wrestling World Team. Stephen has trained in Russia and Ukraine at such academies as Sambo 70, The FKE Training Center, Suvorov Military Academy, Borec, and Spartak Olympic Training Center. As a coach, he has taught across the US, abroad and has counted among his students many military and law enforcement professionals including UN and DOS Diplomatic Security Officers, NYPD, FBI, DEA and NY State Court Officers. He has been a guest instructor at West Point Military Academy